[Characteristics of children infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis who previously had pneumonia].
Out of 674 M. tuberculosis infected children subjected to examination, 31.8% of them had pneumonia in their life. 38.3% of the latter had a repeated pneumonia. It was found that 29.9% of the children who had pneumonia were not registered by an antituberculosis dispensary. Moreover, 75% of them were infected by tuberculosis over a number of years and did not receive any preventive treatment. Among those struck off the register and examined before at an antituberculosis dispensary, 15.5% of the children required specific chemotherapy and preventive chemotherapeutic treatment under observation of a phthisio-pediatrician. It is recommended to investigate children who had pneumonia for tuberculosis at an antituberculosis dispensary.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
Kharakteristika perebolevshikh pnevmonieĭ deteĭ, infitsirovannykh mikobakteriiami tuberkuleza.